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Day 3

Scientific Program - Day 3

07:00AM Onwards
Registration
09:00AM - 10:00AM
PATIENT RECOMMENDATIONS IN HEART FAILURE – ARE WE UPDATED
Chairpersons:
Dr. Urman Dhruv
Dr. Manoj Vithlani
Expert Discussants:
Dr. Klaus Witte
Dr. Peter Van Der Meer
Dr. Kenneth Margulies
09:00AM - 09:15AM
Physical exercises in Heart Failure -Current Perspective
Dr. P. B. Jayagopal
09:15AM - 09:30AM
Water, Sodium & Potassium intake recommendations in Heart Failure -Current Perspective
Dr. A Jabir
09:30AM - 09:45AM
Vaccines in Heart Failure -Current Perspective
Dr. Ambuj Roy
09:45AM - 10:00AM
Interactive Discussion & Delegate Participation
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Science and Practice – Best Learning
Expert Discussants:
Dr. Klaus Witte
Dr. P. B. Jayagopal
Dr. Uday Jadhav
Dr. Suvro Banerjee
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Heart Failure Case Compendium – Case 10
Mentor:
Dr. Vikas Agarwal
Presentor:
Dr. Praveen Maury
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Science and Practice – Best Learning
Expert Discussants:
Dr. Peter Van Der Meer
Dr. Mohsin Raj Mantoo
Dr. Suraj Khanal
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Heart Failure Case Compendium – Case 11
Mentor:
Dr. Atul Abhyankar
Presentor:
Dr. Maulik Prajapati
11:00AM - 12:00PM
WORSENING HEART FAILURE
Chairpersons:
Dr. Bhagirath Solanki
Dr. Atul Parikh
Expert Discussants:
Dr. A Jabir
Dr. Aditya Kapoor
Dr. Jay M. Shah
11:00AM - 11:20AM
Understanding residual risk among HFrEF patients & role of vericiguat in HF with worsening event
Dr. Ritupurna Shinde
11:20AM - 11:40AM
Vericiguat in Indian patients: study design of the real world INDIVER study
Dr. Ashwani Mehta
11:40AM - 12:00PM
Interactive Discussion & Delegate Participation
12:00PM - 12:30PM
Science and Practice – Best Learning
Expert Discussants:
Dr. Kenneth Margulies
Dr. Ambuj Roy
Dr. Abraham Oomman
12:00PM - 12:30PM
Heart Failure Case Compendium – Case 12
Worsening Renal Failure on GDMT
Presentor:
Dr. Ritupurna Shinde
12:30PM - 01:00PM
Science and Practice – Best Learning
Expert Discussants:
Dr. Bagirath Raghuraman
Dr. A. Jabir
Dr. Akshay Pradhan
12:30PM - 01:00PM
Heart Failure Case Compendium – Case 13
LV Dysfunction in Familian Hypercholesterolemia: can it be prevented?
Mentor:
Dr. Vimal Mehta
Presentor:
Dr. Gaurav Sharma
01:00PM - 02:00PM
Best Cases – Award Session For Young Investigators
07:00AM - 08:00AM
Registration
09:00AM - 10:00AM
Tropical Infections, Cardiac Involvement and Heart Failure – Let's Not Overlook
Chairpersons:
Dr. Gajendra Dubey
Dr. Ketan Patel
Expert Discussants:
Dr. V. C. Chauhan
Dr. Uday Jadhav
Dr. Mahadev Desai
09:00AM - 09:15AM
Infections and Cardiovascular Events a missing link : Can vaccines help ?
Dr. C. K. Ponde
09:15AM - 09:30AM
Covid, Myocarditis & Heart Failure
Dr. Suvro Banerjee
09:30AM - 09:45AM
Dengue, Leptospirosis & Heart Failure
Dr. Saumitra Ray
09:45AM - 10:00AM
Interactive Discussion & Delegate Participation
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Science and Practice – Best Learning
Expert Discussants:
Dr. Kenneth Margulies
Dr. Arun Gopalakrishnan
Dr. Peter Van Der Meer
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Heart Failure Case Compendium – Case 14
Mentor:
Dr. C. Narsimhan
Presentor:
Dr. Muthiah Subramaniam
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Science and Practice – Best Learning
Expert Discussants:
Dr. P. Mohanan
Dr. Bagirath Raghuraman
Dr. Ajay Mahajan
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Heart Failure Case Compendium – Case 15
Mentor:
Dr. Abraham Oomman
Presentor:
Dr. Lavanya Narra
11:00AM - 12:00PM
CV Imaging in Heart Failure – Practical Teaching
Chairpersons:
Dr. Bhavesh Roy
Dr. Naman Shastri
Dr. Vishal Sharma
Expert Discussant:
Dr. Devesh Kumar
Dr. Lakshmikant P
Dr. Manish Bansal
11:00AM - 11:15AM
Echo Assessment of cardiac function in Heart Failure with Atrial Fibrillation
Dr. Sanjay Mittal
11:15AM - 11:30AM
Echo Assessment of cardiac function in LBBB
Dr. D. Prabhakar
11:30AM - 11:45AM
CV Imaging Assessment of Cardiac Amyloidosis
Dr. J. C. Mohan
11:45AM - 12:00PM
Interactive Discussion & Delegate Participation
12:00PM - 01:00PM
Never a Dull Moment - Let's Test
Jeopardy Masters:
Dr. Sanjay Mittal
Dr. Manish Bansal
12:00PM - 01:00PM
Four Teams - Four Levels of Knowledge (Heart Failure Jeopardy)
Team 1: Dr. Devesh Kumar
Team Members: Dr. Lavanya Narra, Dr. Ahalya S. Prasad, Dr. Anitha Ramachandran
Team 2: Dr. Sebashis Sahoo
Team Members: Dr. Ashish Garg, Dr. Rajvi Thakker, Dr. Deepanshu Assudani
Team 3: Dr. A. Jabir
Team Members: Dr. Shiva B, Dr. Parth Thakkar, Dr. Kalpesh Agrawal
Team 4: Dr. Chirayu Vyas
Team Members: Dr. Nihar Patidar, Dr. Srikant Bhosale, Dr. Akshay Darak
09:00AM - 01:00PM
Comprehensive Heart Failure Monitoring & Care - Nursing Program
09:00AM - 09:30AM
Introduction to Heart Failure Definition and burden – Types of Heart Failure (HFrEF, HFpEF, Acute vs Chronic, Wet vs Dry)
Dr. Pooja Vyas
09:30AM - 10:00AM
Common Heart failure medications identifying intolerance and common side effects
Dr. Anish Chandarana
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Case – Based Discussion: Chronic Heart Failure
Dr. Pratik Raval
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Acute Heart Failure Early signs of decompensation: Recognition protocol
Dr. Suresh Yerra
11:00AM - 11:30AM
ICCU Monitoring in Heart Failure Reading the monitor: Importance of ICCU parameters and volume status assessment
Dr. V. C. Chauhan
11:30AM - 12:00PM
Discharge Checklist for Heart Failure Patients Red flags and Discharge readiness assessment Medication reconciliation Patient education Follow-up planning
Dr. Jayal Shah
12:00PM - 12:30PM
Patient Counseling in Heart Failure Diet, exercise, and drug adherence
Dr. Shantanu Sengupta
12:30PM - 01:00PM
Heart Failure Clinics and Role of HF Nurses
Dr. Sandeep Seth